The Fultz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,342 people carried this name — #3,187 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 11,028 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Fultz surname

Americanized spelling of German Volz.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fultz» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Fultz in American newspapers,
1917.

Newspaper page from The Butte Daily Post carrying the name Fultz
The Butte Daily Post 1917-02-01
Newspaper page from The Daily Gate City And Constitution-democrat carrying the name Fultz
The Daily Gate City And Constitution-democrat 1917-02-19
Newspaper page from The Day Book carrying the name Fultz
The Day Book 1917-01-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 46,004 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fultz in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1930s.

20 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fultz. The most, 6, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 8
South Australia 7
Western Australia 2
Queensland 1
Tasmania 1
Victoria 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fultz.

Who carried it

People named Fultz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dave Fultz
    Dave Fultz 1875–1959 · baseball player
  • John H. Fultz 1887–1942
  • Harry Fultz 1888–1980 · pedagogue
  • Jean M. Fults 1906–1977 · botanical collector
  • Dave Fultz 1921–2002 · meteorologist
  • John Fultz 1948–2023 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Fultz,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States533 records

533 records of the Fultz name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 347
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 123
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 36
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John H. Fultz

    Born 1900 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Houston, Texas; cook from Carroll County, Arkansas. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Michael Kent Fultz

    Born 1948; from Earlville, Illinois. U.S. Army, armor reconnaissance specialist; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Stephen Fultz

    Arrived at New York in 1874 aboard the Elysia from Glasgow, aged 35; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 533 records for Fultz in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada219 records

219 records of the Fultz name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 217
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James Fultz

    Died 1872 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Carrie Isobel Fultz

    Died 1954; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Thomas M. Fultz

    Married 1838 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 219 records for Fultz in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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